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Hoplomorpha teratopa

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Hoplomorpha teratopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Hoplomorpha
Species:
H. teratopa
Binomial name
Hoplomorpha teratopa
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Machimia teratopa Meyrick, 1920

Hoplomorpha teratopa is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are pale grey irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with dark grey and with a strong violet gloss, especially anteriorly. There is a very large deep fulvous semiovate dorsal patch sharply limited by a white rim, extending from one-fourth of the dorsum to near the tornus, and reaching two-thirds across the wing, the anterior end vertical and the posterior projecting angularly just over the tornus. There are two or three irregular blackish-grey dots following the posterior edge of this, as well as a blackish somewhat sinuate line from near two-thirds of the costa to near the middle of the termen, a short portion in the middle is deep fulvous. The hindwings are grey whitish with a broad suffused grey terminal fascia.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Hoplomorpha teratopa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (6 January 2014). "Hoplomorpha teratopa (Meyrick, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (10): 310.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.